Summary confuses
Currently, there has been much confusion and misrepresentation of initiative 3, the anti-bear baiting proposition, which will appear on November's ballot.

Project trumps basics
It's nice to hear that Juneau is going to spend $4.58 million to give Seward Street a facelift so the tourists will be happy.

Road won't save money
Charley Larson asked in Sunday's paper (Empire letters to the editor, Oct. 10): "How do you respond to people that would like to have access out of Juneau but simply cannot afford to fly or take the ferry?"

U.S. not responsible
Some people insist that the U.S. is at least complicit in most of the world's ills, if not outright responsible for them.

Boycott voting machines
I write to promote a voter boycott against using touch screen voting equipment being tested by Alaska this November.

Shopping for colleges, shopping for students
Sophomore Rachelle Miller wanted to know about overseas study, sports and the arts as she browsed Thursday, the brochures piling up in her arms, at Juneau-Douglas High School's college fair.

Shier and Thynes to wed
Elizabeth Janet Thynes of Petersburg and Benjamin Paul Shier of Juneau are to be married at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2004, at the Lighthouse Assembly of God in Petersburg with a reception in the same place to follow at 7:30 p.m.

Photo: Autumn landscape
Patches of blue sky peak out behind the clouds in a snapshot taken from the Airport Wetlands Trail on an autumn day.

Juneau takes on North Pole for a title-game berth
There's no real secret about what the Juneau-Douglas High School football team expects to see when it lines up across from the North Pole Patriots for Saturday's state semifinal playoff game in Anchorage.

Sports in Juneau
Sports in Juneau is a service provided by the Juneau Empire to provide information on upcoming sports and outdoors events in Juneau.

Defense: Wife should not testify in slashing trial
The man charged with attempted murder in the January slashing attack and robbery on taxi driver Eric Drake has the authority to keep his wife from testifying against him, his attorney argued in court documents filed Thursday.

Photo: Uncommon visitor
Greg Cowling, a deckhand on the fishing boat Commander, holds up a jumbo flying squid caught in September in the ocean near Sitka. Hundreds of squid surrounded the fishing boat at night, enabling crew members to easily catch several in dip nets. Previously, no sightings of this squid species had ever been recorded in Alaska.

Bill would require voter approval of cost of new capitol
In an attempt to stop Juneau's efforts to anchor the Alaska capital, two state legislators have proposed a bill that would require a statewide election to approve the costs of building a new capitol or legislative hall in Juneau.

Murkowski speaks out against pot prop
The governor, medical professionals and Alaska police have denounced a ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana, saying it could damage everything from schoolchildren to the state's relationship with the military.

Two lone cameras capture a revolution
In late 2001, Irish broadcast journalists Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Brian traveled to Venezuela with two digital video cameras to film a documentary about President Hugo Chavez.